Fly-trap.



FLY TRAP.

PBLIOATIQH FILED 0014. 1912.

TIE STS ATENE OFI@ sIMEoN c. Bonnema, or NORMAN, OKLAHOMA.

FLY-TRAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ang. 5,1913.

Application filed October 4, 1912. Serial No. 723,9634

To czZZ @l1/1.0m 'e' may concern Be it known that I, Simson C. DORLAND,

a subjectof the King of Great Britain, re,

siding at Norman, in the county of Cleve- 'land vand State of Oklahoma, have inventedv new and useful Improvements in Fly-Traps, of which the following is a specification. a

This invention relates to improvements in fly traps and has particular application to electric fly traps.

In carrying out the present invention, it is my purpose to provide a trap of the class set forth Wherebyiiies and similar insects may be caught or trapped and confined-within the body of the trap thereby preventing `the escape of theinsects so that the latter may be exterminated in any suitable manner.

'It is also myA purpose to provide a fiy' trap which will embrace the desired features of simplicity, etliciency and durability and which may be manufactured and marketed at a relatively low cost. .l

W ith the above and other objects in View, the invention consists inthe construction, combination and arrangement of parts 'hereinafter set forth ,in and falling Within" the scopeof the claims, f

In .the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a top plan view of a-tra-pi constructed in accordance with', the present invention. Fig.

' 2 is ayert-ical sectional .view thereof, and

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic .view of contact strips and an electricl'circuit including the same. ,l

Referring/'howto the accompanying drawing in detail, tlie numeral l indicates the body of the trapwhichl is preferably constructed of foraminous material suchas Wire netting, suitable Aretaining bolts 2 being passedthrough the body' and securely 'fas- -tened to the top and bottom Walls thereofby means of nuts =or thelike 3. Extending circumferentially of vthe body 1 and disposed .one aboveanother are sets of inlet openings 4, While suitably secured to the lower Walls of Jeach set of inlet openings is a platform 5 comprising a horizontal portion 6 extending outwar ly of the body 1 and circumferentially thereof, and vertical portions 7 disposed Within the body at the rear of the respective openings 4;.

In order to force theinsects into the body of 'the trap and prevent such -insects from leaving the trap, I employ groups of contact plates 8, one group being dlsposed upon the horizontal portion 6 'of each platform 5 the construction, and manner of employing` my invention will be readily apparent. To coax the ies or other insects into the trap, the various platforms are coated With sugar or some similar substance so that the insects will approach the group of contact strips von the respective platform. When the insects reach the contact strips on the platform, such insects receive anV electric shock and are forced to fly into the body of the trap; :Should the insect endeavor to leave thetrap by crawling or Walkingdown the side Wall thereof toward one of the openings 4, such insect will bridge a pair of the contact plates of the group above such'opening and be compelled to leave the side Wall of the trap.

' The body l of'the trap may be suspended.

from the ceiling of a room `or other suitable object, or may be placed upon a table or the like. as desired. 4 I claim:v v

`forms 'disposed Within ea'ch opening, contact strips secured to and insulated from the inner Wall of the body and the' said 'plat- 1. An electric fly trap comprising a body having Aa number of inlet openings," plat` forms and spaced apart, and a normally y open electric circuit including a source of energy, and having the opposite sides there of connected to alternate contacts.

2. An electric Hy trap comprising a bodyy having a number of .inlet openings, a platform disposedwithin each opening and in# 'cluding'a horizontal portion and a vertical portion.c'on'tact strips secured to-and insulated' from the inner Wall of the body above the horizontal portion of each platform and spaced apart, and an electric circuit including a source of energy, and having the opposite sides .thereof connected to alternate conf l' fr' i I 3. Amelectiic fly trap comprising a' body.

formed Withza number of circumferential los 'inlet openings arrrmged one above another,

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y a platform secured to the lov/'e1' wml of each l platform and spaced apart, and an electric opemng and 'including o llorlzontol portton Circuit including a Source of energy, and extending outwardly of the body of the tmp having the opposite sides thereof connected und a vertical portion dspoged in the body f to alternate contacts.-

of the trap behind the respective inlet open- SMEON C. BRLN). ing, groups of Contact strips Secured toro-nfl 1Witnesses:

insulated from the inner Wax-ll of the body A. R. CLEMENT,

immediately above each inlet, opening there J'. W'. Simms.

in and to the'horiyontol portion of each lo. 

